The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-31 00:00:00

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By Miss Publication of TUE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o'!•lock. ca,ait,- , 3 .4., " 1' , .) TM ~,,. 7 , 1 / . .-..- 7 , 7 - i a s 0..: ~? - ~..(,e li -i. , >--- , ..6,, a rzi % A,, f- TJ-4=0 , - - -N, , - A t .4. f 6 .. .. A , ~,,- - ~-0: 4 . 1 _ ..., ~ 2 _____,,r: : „,... , 4 1 ! ..,-;. •-z. , •-• C: 7l 1> 4•-".) 1:1 WITH WHICH THE TRUE SUN "15 NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 31, 1838 The arrest of Mr. STEPHENS at Manchester seems to us an event of great importance ; and we are sur prised that it has provoked so few comments on the Part of our Morning Contemporaries. In Manchester, 1 . 4 Our COrrespondent states, to whose letter, which we Insert here, we beg attention, the EXCITEMENT IS ?RIGHTFUL, while it appears to extend through the Whole manufacturing districts. The letter is as follows: MANCHESTER, DEC. 30, THREE O'CLOCK. Mr- Stephens was liberated yesterday (Saturday), a t twelv e o'clock. When he reached the outer-gates of the prison he was hailed with tremendous huzzas by largea multitude, by whom he was accompanied th rough the town. His appearance caused great sen -I;tien as h e pas se d a l ong . Immediately on his arrest th e Secreta r y t o th e Ch ar tists in this place made k nown t he circu ms t ance , b y d espatc hi ng s p ec i a l messengers t° alirlost every Secretary of Unions in South Lanca shire, and i n mos t pl aces mee ti ngs were h e ld l as t n i g ht, fo : the purpose of d e lib era ti n g on the best mea n s t o b e e rifled to support their champion and leader, Mr. ft :e l Phens. The excitement already created is fright . te Produced, no do u bt, a ft er rea di ng i n th e Manches ; Journal s o f S a t ur d ay t h e exam i nat i on on t h e pre _ day. Th ere are not two op i n i ons o f any party, _ special T ory , Whi g , or torc h-li g h t men, as to the co mmittal b ung li ng di sp l aye d on t h e i nvest i gat i on, and a a mmittal on such evidenc e w o uld; it i s thought, fan th e smouldering embers into a flame. Last night and this morning, up to this hour, has brought tiers and delegates from every town and village a South Lanc as hi re , announc i ng t h e d eterm i nat i on °F the Unions in those places, as Oldham, Stockport, . I , ° 't°ll, Leigh, Tyldesly, Eccles, Ashton, Stayley d ge, Roclida!e, Royston, Middleton, Chadderton, ac tlP, Todmorden, Barnley, Padiham, Bury Totting "on, Heywood, Pilkington, &c. &c., by which it ap pears that on Monday evening meetings will be hel d. Th e most alarming part of the matter is, that the wi i it ers of the letters' and delegates' objects appears principally to be the asking for advice as to whether he Chartists should come in bodies on the day of exa °lination, in or d er to show that they consider the a rrest of STEPHENS as aimed at the working - class es, a " as a determination to frustrate them in their designs a ail to show also, that they are resolved on resenting it as such. Th e l e tt e rs breathe only one spirit, and the lollowin g is selected as a fair sample of many : t `` Sir,—W e have received your letter announcing e arrest o f M r . S TEPHE NS, and a meeting was held i u c• onsequence last night. There is only one feeling Opinion —one determination—one spirit, which ~,a ' inate s us. We are determined to support Mr. Qte, l'uens, because he is the able advocate of the -"artists, with our money, with our bones, with 0 a ! sinew s — age , w i t h our sinews, if necessary. W e Fill hot be sacr ifi ce d by e ither Whigs or Tories, nor b b oth united. Unite, unite, we say to all good fi"kids. Persevere I persevere I persevere I Be and of good courage I" Such are the letters in ''''tanee. The delegates are still more fierce. That an immense assemblage will be collected to Conductap Mr. Stephens to the New Bailey , on his ft : eu nd exami na ti on , th ere can be no doubt ; and that °4l every part of the c oun t r y. Mr. Stephens being announced to preach this evening at Charlestown , nearw ▪ Asht on , a b ou t seven miles di s t an t, a nd as there .8 doubtl ess , b e muc h sa id that may, perhaps, throw ha ve light o n w h a t i s intended for future operations, I resol ve d on go i ng to h ear f or myself, and the sub stance of what I may judge worth the communication 3 '°U shall have sent. That the Magistrates should have fixed Tuesday `N• ew Year's-d a y) f or a f urt h er h ear ing, is most asto nishing, th a t b e i ng a rea l S a i nt ' s -d a y NVith the Work ing Classes throu g h out t h e Di s t r i c t s . It will be like „ ‘ e letting of society loose f rom all restraint, every 'an will be drunk, of course, who can raise as much I c ash as will make him so. This will be the more ge ieral because every kind o f workm en go in knots for their New Y ear ' s gifts, on w hi c h occas i ons large sums a re coll ecte d , w hi c h i s i nvar i a bl y spent d ur i ng th e day. I Would be in vain to expect such a clay to pass over without some uproar. e P.S.—I hav e j ust h ear d, f rom authority, that the Pimination i s put off till Thursday. This is a wise dete rmination. Now that our r ea d ers h ave b e f ore them the proof th at 'r the arrest o f this gentleman is no ordinary event, , Ills remi n d t h em t h at i n hi s v i ndicat i on , w hi c h we ins erted erted on S atur d ay, he professe s t o b e , and to bhay( v !not a U n i versa l S u ff rage man , not a h unter a fter gin ti theories, b u t " t h e ad vocate o f t h e poor, part i cu l ar ly e Ghat d oome d to f ac t or y s l avery ." He dec l ares at " he was unconnected with any political party, htl independent of every faction, resting those claims • the immutable Laudation of henero!ence and I`,:iltirtstianity." In the same spirit he continues, and the, the same view I subsequently entered upon unreextended field of moral warfare, in the fearful Stru ggle ga which all are now more or less deeply en- A " e d in, oceasizsted by the passing of the Poor-la‘N tt`elauenclment A,st." Through his whole career Lc wit Zts that he has " done his utmost to inspire al; first a holy revetence for law and religion." On the of these poinis he shares the opinions, we Lelieve, of the great majority of the enlightened religious and humane portion of the empire, and on the second he is supported by a very large portion of the public Press. All agree with him as to enforcing a reve rence for religion and laws. Unless, therefore, all the humane and intelligent people of the empire, and unless the Times, Standard, Herald, and their fol lowers on the Poor-laws, - be insane or mere detna gogues, we cannot ascribe such characteristics to Mr. STEPHENS for his continued agitation against the Poor-laws and factory abuses. His present co operation with the Radicals seems dictated, as he says, like his starting for Ashton at the last election, by his wish to have opportunities "of addressing his fellow-men," aspiring not to " be a leader, but leaving the people to follow the counsels they deem the wisest and the best." It is by such conduct that he has obtained, as is evident by our Manchester letter, :mat influence in the manufacturing districts, where numbers of the people have declared that they are determined to stand by him with heart and soul, and " by their sinews," if need be. Great additional light is thrown on this gentle man's character and acquirements by the memoir concerning him, which we copy from the. Observer, and which, though drawn up by a friendly hand, can leave no doubt as to his character. He is a religious man. He has one of the largest provincial congregations known. He is the founder, too, of his own sect, for he has been ex- communicated by the Methodist Conference. He has been stationary in the same neighbourhood for several years, and his character is exemplary . . The people amongst whom he lives are religious, and Mr. STE PHENS has obtained over the masses a religious in fluence. It is not surprising that a man of this de scription, acting as he has acted, should have excited the dislike, indignation, and terror of the factory mas ters, and some of them, it appears, forbade the persons in. their employment, to attend Mr. STEPHEN'S Cha pel, on pain of dismissal, which amounted to a sen tence of starvation. Then was displayed that proof of his disinterestedness, and of the mutual attachment between him and his flock, which is recorded in the memoir, and which stamps Mr. STEPHENS as no or dinary sharacter, aad no common agitator. The Metropolitan public have only now, for the first time, been made acquainted with these circumstances, lout they must have been long known to the Magistrates of the neighbourhood, and they ought, in arresting him, to have acted with the most cautious discretion. On such a man, so respectable in character, so benevolent k his objects, so influential from his combined benevc fence, disinterestedness, and eloquence, the Magistrates should not have laid a finger, till they could have clearly, quietly, and legally crushed him. They ought to have carried public opinion completely with them ; and under this aspect never was there a greater failure or a more bungling, injudicious proceeding than the arrest of Mr. STEPHENS. It was made unduly of importance by employing Bow-street officers. It was tyrannically carried into effect by arresting him in the street, and hurrying him away without allowing him to communicate with his wife and friends. It was magnified into alarm by itn- mediately calling out the Dragoons. When public attention and expectation had been thus peremptorily invited to it, the offence was found to be 'of a slight and unprovable nature. On the 13th of November Mr. S • TEPHENS spoke at Leigh ; on the 27th of December he was arrested ; on the 28th, or forty-five days.after the imputed offence, the evidence of two persons, speaking wholly from me mory, was brought against him, when the evidence of reporters with their notes might have been ob tained; and those two persons contradicted themselves and each other on cross-examination. Such a pro- ceeding implied more malice than discretion on the part of the Justices. Why did they not arrest him on the 15th of November? or why not get evidence against him of a later date ? With singular want of judgment, one of the Magistrates who issued the im proper warrant sat to try the return, and jumped to the conclusion, showing the animus of the prosecution that the evidence was sufficient to commit Mr. STEPHENS. The eagerness of Mr. KENWORTHY was kept in check by the only other Magistrate on the Bench, and the result was that Mr. STEPHENS was re manded, bailed, and preached an elogent sermon to no doubt to a large congregation yesterday. Scanda lous too was the proceedings of the Magis.rates' Clerk, who took down all the assertions that went to convict Mr. STEPHENS, and had not inser ted a word of the contradictions extorted by cross examination. Great was the sum the Magistrates demanded for bail, and most unjustly suspicious the doubts and the delays the officers of the Court threw in the way of completing it. On the whole, we con- sider the arrest of Mr. STEPHENS, which ought not to have taken place unless on the most just grounds and with the greatest certainty of convictin„ him of having committed some grievous offence, to have been so injudiciously managed, and the whole proceedings of the Court to have been so glaringly hasty and erroneous, that it looks like a most unjust persecution. The factory masters, and their relations and friends who occupy the Bench, are no doubt very much alarmed, very much terrified ; and certainly many of the facts brought to light at the examination _ _ _ ;hoar that they have good ground for their alarm—but neither Mr. STEPHENS, nor any other man, is to be sacrified to their terrors. Let them look into their own bosoms, let them look at their own conduct, and see whether they have not better reason for terror, than the language, however eloquent, irritating, and kindling, of Mr. STEPHENS. To persecute him now, seems to us very ill timed. On the 13th instant, as we mentioned on Saturday, he wrote a letter, declining to attend a meeting at Newcastle, and declaring that it would be folly in him to attend any :Wore public meetings. Such a declaration should have made the Magistrates abstain, even had they sufficient cause to arrest Mr. STEPHENS, and could carry out their plans in a judicious manner ; but when so long a period had elapsed since his offence, when they had no other testimony against him but doubtful memory, to arrest him on such grounds and in such a manner, after such a declaration, was equally perse- cuting and injudicious. We had fully 'made up our mind on this question, and written the greater part of the foregoing'observa tions before we learnt—and it gave us great pleasure to learn it—that this hasty and indecent proceeding [lid not in any way originate with the Government, which was consulted on the subject, we have heard, but discountenanced the proceeding. It is entirely due to the Magistrates and factory-owners of the neigh- bourhood, some of whom, we regret to learn, are alarmed for their personal safety. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have been received. After a debate of four days' continuance, the Chamber of Peers adopted the Address, as prepared by the Committee, by a majority of 102 votes against 14. The opposition, however, was very violent, and the , attacks upon the Cabinet exceedingly well directed. An outline of the debate will he found in another part.of The Sun, which will well repay the trouble of an attentive perusal. The Paris Court of Assize was occupied on Friday with an action for libel, brought by M. GISQUET, Ex Prefe c t o f P o lice, against the Editor of the Messager Newspaper. The alleged libel consisted in the publication of a letter addressed by M. GISQUET to one of his mistresses, in which he admits having prostituted his official patronage to the most immoral purposes. Contrary to the desire of the Crown Law yers, the Court admitted the defendant to plead the truth of the libel in justification. The trial was not concluded before the departure of the mails on Saturday. As a piecemeal report would rather whet than allay public curiosity, we shall await receiving it entire, in order that we may submit both the case and the verdict to our readers. The Moniteztr of Saturday announces that the Council of State declared that the refusal of the Bishop of CLERMONT to inter the remains of Count de MONT LOSIER according to the form of the Catholic Church, was an abuse of the episcopal power. By a reference to the debate in the Chamber of Peers it will be seen that M. COUSIN pointed out the danger and the ingra titude of this act of ecclesiastical tyranny, when calling the attention of that Assembly to the progress of priestly usurpation in France since the Revolution . of 1830. The practices of Priests in every part of the world, when entrusted with the direction of National Church Establishments, would almost justify a belief that they had entered into a league against Chris tianity. • TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 183 S. FRENCH FUNDS.-PAWS. DECEMBER 29. Five per Cents., 109 f. 70c. 65c. tiCc. 85C.... Latest Pliccs--.109f. 90c. Four per Cents., 101 f. 80c. three per Cents., 78f. 50c. 7ilc. 65c; .... Ditto '7Bf. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,620 f. 2,525 f. 2,630 f. sentc de Naples, 98t: 50c Ditto 98f. sc. Roman Five per Cents.. 99%1A % Spanish Actives, 16X 17 Belgian live per Cents., 9)4 %5(2 46 ... . Belgian Bank, 595 f. 575 f. 580 f. EICI/ANGIi ON LorliKN.— /ne month, paper, 25f. Isc; money, 25f 15e ; 't r;:e months, paper, 25i. —c ; money. 25'. --.... . Madrid Papers from the 16th to the 22d instant inclusive have at last reached London. The debates in the Chambers during the several intervening sittings are as trivial as can well be imagined. ALAIX and PrzA RRO were laudably employed in collecting funds to defray the expenses of the army. And yet of what use is the great army of the North to Spain ? ESPARTERO would himself devour all the resources of the country without stirring out of his camp. How long will Spaia , tolerate the inaction of this imbecile Dictator ? Wherefore is he—the grand impediment to the triumph of the QUEEN'S arms— not set aside ? To hurl this traitor from the evil and dangerous eminence upon which he reposes should be the first aim of the Cabinet, if the object of its labours he the regeneration of Spain. In the Provinces the civil war is carried on with the most brutal atrocity on both sides. General VAN HALEN has taken CABItERA for his model, and already bids fair to equal that monster in perfidy and cruelty. The Journalist has no longer to record battles, but murders and butcheries, as cowardly as they are wicked and detestable. Letters from Constantinople of the sth instant, an nounce the promulgation of an Imperial Finnan, abo lishing all temptations held out to Christians to become converts to Islamism. The object of this firman is to abolish the disgraceful practice on the part of Christians, of adopting the Turkish Creed whilst resident in the SULTAN'S domi nions, with no other view than to enrich them selves, and upon leaving the country, to re-em brace the Christian faith. Like the Evangelical beef and-blanket plan for converting the Popish peasantry of Ireland, the old Turkish system degenerated into a hypocrite manufactory. We need not observe, that while this firman will delight the Christian subjects of the Porte, it will as certainly provoke the ire of the zealous Mussulman Doctors. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The Sessions at the Old Bailey commenced this morning before the Lord Mator, the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Lainson, the Sheriffs, and other authorities. The RECORDER, after the Grand Jury had been sworn, ad dressed them, remarking that there were only two cases to which he wished to advert. He was not aware that any of the cases would present any legal difficulty, but should any arise, the Court would be glad to render its best assistance, beyond which, if necessary, they would have the attendance and advice of Mr. Clark, the learned and intelligent Clerk of the Court, under a regulation when had been sanctioned by the Judges. The first of the charges to which he had al verted was one of a dreadful nature, namely, that of a father violating the persons of his two daughters, who are infants in law, being Lind.: the age of ten years, and therefore they could not be deemed to have been cons2t.ting parties to the melancholy act imputed to their unnatural par( at. The other case was one in which a pistol had been fired by a servant at an officer who approached the house of his master, with intent to arrest the latter, who, however, was not at home at the time. In the first place, it would be r:ece:sary for them to ascertain that the pistol was loaded with a halt or other matter which might have occasioned death. Supposing; that to be the case, they must next consider whether the wea pon was directed towards the prosecutor, with the intention of depriving him of life, or of doing him some grievous bodily in jury, or whether it was merely discharged by way of intimida. tion. If they were of opinion that the pistol was fired with the latter intention, they would, of course, not place the pri soner in jeopardy, and subject him to the disgraceful ordeal of a public trial. _ 'The Grand Jury then retired, after which the names of the jurors were called over. _____ CHARGE or PRRJURY.—Thomas Gowland, a professor of dancing, was charged with having committed wilful and cor rupt perjury, in an affidavit made for the purpose of arresting a Mrs. Wilson, the widow of a prufessor of dancing, for the su:n of 271. 6s. 3d., in June, 1837. Mr. PAYNE Was for the prosemion, and Mr. PrimArs for he defence. • The case was procee ling wl-ei our re mrter left. London pri;oners Middlesex ditto Essex ditto Admiralty eases , Kent ditto Surrey ditto 7-89 STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE. MADE UP TO SATURDAY EVENING. Males. Females Prisoners under sentence of transportation for life 0 0 „ Ditto, for trial at the present Sessions Ditto, whose judgments are respitz..cl Ditto, committed by Commissioners of Bankruptcy ...... - for the Pcovicial Assize Ditto, under sentence of confinement 0 2 Ditto, acquitted on the ground of insanity, but remain dur ing itoyal pleasure 1 0 Total An erroneous notion has bran indulged, in consequence of the fact of three Sessions trenching upon the month, which closes the year to-day, it may rot be amiss to explain the cause, which is not, as has been imagined by many, an increase , of crime. The law connected with the organization of this Court, enjoins that twelve Sessions shall be holden yearly, at such times as the Commissioners may seem meet; hence it is unnecessary that they should be holden at regular p‘nroes. The causes arc two why this would not be practicable, viz., the fact of "moveable terms," during which the presence of the Judges is required in the Superior Courts. The next and principal cause is, that the Judges go their Circuits in Lent and at Midsummer ; hence the necessity of a space twice in the year to form what: the " tribe of Newgate" . term " the long vacation 1" The prefixed summary of offences is denuded of one of 6 , principal features which charactcrisd those which have pre ceded it in former years at the corresponding period—there is not a case of burglary, and only two of high;,ay robbery. Time was when the average of those joint offences were twenty-five, and many out of the convicts executed. This pleasing change is doubtless to be attributed to the con stantly progressing improvement of the metropolitan and civic police. It is pleasing, furthermore, to observe that only two persons are charged with the guilty reception cf stolen goods, those pests who generate crime, by " teaching the young idea bow to prig," and live upon their ill-gotten plunder. If the recommendation of Sergeant Adams to the Grand Jury at Westrninister last week be adopted by influential persons in every locality of the metropolis, juvenile delinquency would diminish in a ratio upon which it is difficult to form a calculation. There will be many more prisoner s committed from tilt. various police offices in the early part of this week ; hence the session must occupy the greater part of it, especially if, as is anticipated, the Canadian Bank forgery casa should oc cupy two days. WORTHY OF IMITATION. --Th e guardians of the poor of St. Martin's parish, with a view to the suppression of vagrancy, and mendicancy, have made arrangements for the admission into the workhouse of all parties in a state of destitution, who may be found wandering within the limits of the parish. They have prepared tickets of admission, which are sent, with circu lars, to the inhabitant rate-payers, requesting them to ap propriate them to the use of proper objects, and stating that an unlimited number of tickets will be distributed to the public and the police ; and to avoid giving relief to street beggars, &c., as all destitute persons will be received, and their immediate wants supplied, until they can be examined and removed to their legal settlements. BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A servant girl, named Ilarriet GoAling, was ccnvietel of the following petty theft. Mrs. Jane Smith, keeper of a ccffee-shop in Drury-lane, stated that the prisoner had been in hor service only a feN weeks, during which time she had missed several small sums of nioney ; and as she had another. servant, on whom she placed great reliance, she marked three penny worth of halfpence, which were carelessly laid on the desk inside the bar. Last night the prisoner was observed to take up the money, and although every search was made about the shop, it could not be found. Having been questioned if she knew any thing of it, she resolutely denied that she had cver se - en it, and became very insolent ; but as the prosecutrix distinctly saw her remove the money produced, she gave her into custody, when, upon searching her, it was found in her pocket. Mr. TWYFORD said it was a melancholy thing that a lone woman, such as the prosecutrix was, could not turn her back without being plundered by an ungrat: ful servant, to whom she was giving good bread, and ordered the prisoner to be committed for the misdemeanor for one month to hard labour. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A Commission De Lunatic° Inquircndo, was held this day at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, for the pur pose of inquiring into the state of mind of Mr. John Taylor, of Picadilly, an alleged lunatic. The Commissioners were Messrs. J. W. West, Winslow, and Murray. Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. R. Parker appeared for the Commission, and Mr. Williams on behalf of Mr. Taylor. . . . Mr. MESMER stated that the inquiry was instituted by the three surviving sons of the supposed lunatic, and the party op posing it was the brother-in-law. In the earlier stages of the inquiry, motives had been alleged for the proceedings which the nearest relatives of Mr. Taylor had been induced to resort to, but to these he would not further allude at present. Mr. Taylor was of a very advanced age, having entered his 87th year in the month of March last. He was a native of Henley-upon-Thames ; was apprenticed to a jeweller in London, and followed that business himself for -many years-, until-1802, when, having obtained a small compe tency of about 3001., and the rents of some houses which he enjoyed, he retired from business, and lived at Balls-pond, Is lington. Mr. Taylor had six children by his wife, who died in 1816. His house was kept for some time after his death by his daughter, Mrs. Miller, and subsequently by a young woman named Mary Smith, by whom he had an illegitimate daughter who went by the name of Mary Anne Taylor. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state that the first appearance of any unsoundness of mind was in the year 1835, and detailed various circum stances for the purpose of proving that statement. Several letters were also read, addressed by Mr. Taylor to vaious persons. His conduit was such that at length in the beginning of Oct., 1836, it was found necessary to remove him to a pri vate asylum, that of Dr. Williams, of Hackney, where he was visited by Dr. Southey, whese evidence of the state of his mind would be laid before them. From thence he was taken in the following 'month to Dr. Sutherland's establish meat at Chertsey, and from the treatment he there experienced he was so fat recovered, that it was deemed advisable to send him back to his friends. He was accordingly sent to Mrs. Moore's, where he bad previously lodged, but his conduct was so violent and se indecent that Mrs. Moore was most anxious to get rid of him. In the month of February, 1837, he was taken away by Mr. Miller, his daughter's husband, and there was very little known of his conduct or proceedings, until the month of August, when lodgings wet e taken for him at a Mrs. Halls. His behaviour there would be also detailed to them, and which would leave no doubt upon their mind that Mr. Taylor was of unsound mind. The detals into which Mr. Thesiger entered were uninter e.tting; as they related principally to family and pecuniary matters. The investigation is likely to be a very protracted one. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS ' CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. The following letter from Buenas Ayres, of the 4th October, four days later, is posted up at tLe North and South American Coffee-house : " BUENOS AYRES, OCT. 4, 1838.—The blockade state o cur port prevents regular communication with you. I will give you a hurried sketch of affairs here, taking the chance that it will reach you by way of Monte Video. The blockade of the port of Buenos Ayres continues, as it is likely to remain in this state, unless some interference takes place, and a decla ration of war is expected instantly to take place by the French Admiral, he having sent in the ultimatum, which is of such a nature that the G,,vernment cannot and will not agree to it. The consequence is, that preparations are making here to resist any aggression on the part of the French. Three batteries, it is said, will be immediately erected, and the feeling of the majority of the people, is . decidedly in favour of its operations for a month. When the Argentine Ceneral Hereda entered the Bolivian territory, he accepted the services of the Caya Indians, whom he organised as a corps of infantry. They deserted him on the eve of battle, and he was with his cavalry obliged to evacuate Tarija, which he had held some time in his posses sion. The Bolivian General Brown immediately.re-entered that city, but evacuated it again in a few days, in order to suppress a revolution, said to have broken out in Santa Cruz, De la Siel ra, and Chihaharaba. New York Papers have been received by the Toronto, to the 11th inst., one day later, but they do not add any addi. tional intelligence from Canada than previously received The Court-martial had commenced to try the prisoners, and it was expected would be finished on the following day. We hare received Penang Gazettes to the sth August. On Tu'sday evening the Bishop of Calcutta arrived in the Ilathnees, from Calcutta. His Lordship landed the following d a y, and will leave on Monday, for his voyage further to the eastward. FUNDi Our arrivals this morning are not of much consequence. We have several from the East Indies—their information has been anticipated by the overland express; also from the Brazils. d this morning at th e l eav i ng cif p r i ces o f Saturday, with busin?ss of consequenc e d o i ng t o th e pre seanett°l time. Exchequer opened Exchequer Bills, 64 66; India Bonds, 62 64; Btai closed, ietd, Portugueseek l , 202 2031 ; India Stock,' 262 263. i Foreign Market, Spanish Active is ra ther bett er th an owing to its coming hi g h er f rom P ar i s ; shade higher, 80i; Brazili an , 771 ; Mexi i r ,S h e o Fo also 17, a can. 22 1 23 1 . • Colombian, 25. 26 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, a a 541- 55. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Sto:k 2O2A 3 1 .( tai India Stock 3 per Cent. li,l `o l4 I ,ii Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. - South Sea Stock -- 34. per Cent. — Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 10044 New Ditto New '3 per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... ... New 5 per Cent. Dank Long AnnuiCesto expire Ditto s'o Jan. 5, 1 881 . 14 7 i 15-16 Ditto Small 6l 66 pm Oct. I , ', 1859 Jan. 5, IF6O - Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 198 , ... Bank Stock for Account — April 5, 18 80 - India Stock for Account .....• Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — I Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres 13onds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds 3) tto Account Columbian Bonds — ' Ditto Account Ditto Account —l Ditto Metallic... — Columbian Bonds, 1824 95% : Spanish Bonds.. Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — , Ditto Accot at. Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — .—_.__ 4 per cent. ...... ••• --f. --c. Ditto Account ---- 3 per cent.......... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —' --- Exchange.......... —f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2V, per cent. ', 4 74, 5 Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account. 5l % Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Account — HALF-PAST ONE. We have received the Journal l Antwerp of Dec — 307 BRUSSELS, 29rn INsr.—This morning arrived at Brussels a deputation from Luxembourg to demand from the Govern ment muskets to arm .the inhabitants of the abnve. territory. They are going to solicit to-day an audience of the Minister of War. The students of the University of Liege and Lonvain have notified to those at Brussels, that they have organized a Committee of Armament and Defence. According to the intelligence from Brussels, it appears that King Philippe and his Minister Mole, have refused the Bel gian Deputies an interview. . Private letters from Buenos Ayres, state that they had con tinual rain for five days, which had done damsgo to the amount of four millions of paper money, 100,000/. sterling. The only operations during this morning in the British Funds worth notice was, the Government broker purchased 5,000/. Reduced, at 931 ; in other respects the market is very inactive. Consols, NA ; Exchequer Bills, 64 66 ; In dia Bonds, 64 ; Bank Stock, 2024. This is settling day in the Foreign market, which at present appears to be going off well. Spanish, 161- ; Portugues:., 30,i ; Three per Coats. 20 • Brazilian, 77i ; Colombian, 25, ; Dutch_ Two-and-a. Half, 548 55. In the Share Market scarce a bargain doing. THE FUNDS._cLosiNg PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ....... 202% India Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. CG.IS Ditto Old Annuities S% per Cent. Ditto New Annuities :1% per Cent. Red 100% Ex. Bills, 1,(001 234,1 6 , ; pm New 3y4 per Cent 101% , Ditto 5001 r 6 pm Long Annuities to expire I Ditto 5001 66 pm. Jan. lsa 1 Oct. 1850 .. Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bones, 5 per cent.. 69 Belgian, 5 per cent- 9314 Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr..s, 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colomban, 6 per cent Spanish, 5 per cent 16% Ditto, 1R24 25% Ditto, Consolidated Danish, :3 per cent French, 5 per cent - f. —c. Greek Bonds, 1825,5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. — French, :1 per cent _ Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1825 Dutch, 2% per cent. - r S!, Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent...... lOl N (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS DAY.) Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 2i Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway . • - . London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Ditto Quarter Shares London end Greenwich Railway li% London and Southampton Railway . 45 i:. London and Cioydon Railway London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) Manchester and Birmingham Railway Ditto Ditto Extension North Midland Railway t6 THE MARKETS.-THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week the arrivals of most kinds of English Gr&in were small. Of Flour there was a good quantity, and of fo reign Wheat a considerable supply, chiefly of middling qua lity, and the trade generally was firm at previous rates. This morning has furnished very moderate quantities of. Corn, fresh up. Fire Wheat was scarce, and the millers were obliged to give 2s. per qr. advance for such, and other qualities have Ex cee,lcd last quotation. In Foreign also there was some trade at Is. per qr. abuse previous rates. Barley was readily cleared off at 2s. to 33. per qr. higl er than this day se'nnight. Beans and Peas are cull Is. rer qr. dearer for all sorts. The show of Oat samples is unusually small for this season of the )ear, and this article is further advanced full Is. per qr. The millers have intimated that they must raise the top price of Flour, but this was not generally agreed upon, Ship parcels, however, are dearer. PRICES ON BOARD OP Suit'.Wheat, /led (old) —s. -....s l3eans, binail new) 42 44s —White (01d).........—5. —s. - - .(old) 46 .48, --Red 0833) 70s. 7.15. Tick (new) "7s 39 , -- Fine 765. 78s. 5----- Superfine l'Os 82s. Harrow (new)...,..... 40 .42 —Wlnte (1838) 1 0 s. 71s. --- (old) 43.‘.45s ---- Fine "is Sas. I3rank 4 —.". —3 . ---Superfine... 94: El's Oats, Feed '—s ----.Foreign fre^ 704 BAs. New 255.30.>, Ilyr 425. 455. Poland -...s .—s Barley -- Grinding ' .....:36s 4Cs. Potatoe 30 .334. Malting 423. 435. maw 30,33% Malt 51s. 60$. Semen 3l .31,. Fine AZew 64, 635. Irish 24 25 .29 P:ase, Grey, New 38s. 411 s. Flour Town (per sack) 4iii 70. Maple New 4O;. 121. seconds - . 62-.651. —........ Whtte 465. 50s. ......- Nxrtll Country 585.621 Boilers . 50s. Ed, Bran 201 111. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. i I Barley. I 414 t... I i. ~,,, i . 3,551qr5. 8,244 qrs. 2.290 its 1 , 017 :clip 703 9„529 3389 Uric p!gl.ah . 7 oieizti 1 SMITE - ?FIELD. The supply today of Beats and Sheep though largor than that of last Monday, was not (qua' to the demand. As the greater part was of inferior quality, prime meat was bought up at very high prices —say 4a. 10d. for Beef, and 54. 6d. for Mutton, which is 63. per stone higher than last week, and the qualities rose in proportion, particularly Mutton. Not much done in Veal and Polk, but both of them were 21. rer stone higher. There is every appearance of Meat being dear. Trade was free for the most pert. Beef 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton 4a. 61. t 053. 6J. ; Venls3. to ss. iod. ;. Pork 4s Bd. to ss. 81. Beasts 2,220 ; Sheep 17,586; Pigs 470 ; Calves 80. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies of good Fish to-day were short, and prices high for all descriptions The top price of Turbot was 325. ; Soles. 91 to 3s 61 per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each; Cod, and 4s. to 203. each; Whiting, 31. to 61. each; Haddock, 61 to Is etch. BERMONDSEY WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. There have been such large supplies, that the market has become &Tressed. The arrivals, wo hear, during the last week, were about 1,100 tons. Very little business is doing, but we do not quote prices lower. HOP MARKET. In this department but little doing, and prices without variation. A good business is shortly expected. New Kent pockets 753. to 953. ; New Kent bags 1003. to 130 a. ; Kent 110 s. to 1603. ; Yearlings 603. to 85s. SEED MARKET. The arrivals are but molerate. A good business done in Red Clover, Canary, and Linseed, and prices looking up. But little doing in other kinds„and prices as before. PROVISION MARKET. There is a steady business doing in this department, in most ccmmodities, and prices are firm. TALLOW MARKET. _ P. Y. C. is 595. on the spot, and the same lo arrive: but not much doing. The Stock to-day is about 20,090 casks. COLONIAL MARKET. Today we bare nothing whatever doing; Ira for the first week aster the holidays there is a tolerably fair business adver tised, and a good and brisk business is expected to be done after the commencement of the New Year. For to-morrow we have public sites of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 4,100 bags. The imports are now but to a moderate exte , :t. The quar terly tea sale, amounting to 13,404,3181b5., commeacea this day week. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, DEc. 29. We bad a good supply of Wheat et market to-day from the farmers, as sell as a considerable show cf foreign samples re cently arrived, and the sales made were at an advance of Is. to 2s, per quarter on last Saturday's prices. Barley met a good demand, and brought Is. per quarter more money. Malt of the best quality was taken off at an advance of ls. per quar ter, but inferior samples remained without change. For Eye the sale was dull at late prices. Oats sold at similar rates to last week, Beans and Pease were in limited request at our quotations, Flour of the best quality commanded an advance of Is. per sack. • New. Old. Whcst, Northnmterland. Rls. els Norf. >lk arid Sullolk - .. 7s S s 7B, iiiit, ~---.... Berwick and So)tch..... ....... ... :I-. 7ts —s —s. --.... Foreign aye, N.,rt"!fr and Sndoik Forelen Barley, Malting, Nortiiik and SulNk 40.. 43s ...... —s. —s. - Grinding and Feeding .. 3.1., a!55..... —s. —€. L • Malt, Norfolk and .!.;u:fidk GI , Cls •—; ---=. r Beans, Small —s --5....... 47e 50?. ---, Tick —s —8 45s 41)s Pease, Wh:tc 4's 5'5..... ---- Gray Oats, Northumberland, Petatee - Feed .knreign —s. -..3. —B. —B_., Flour t ler sack) s9s. (ids -s. --s. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, DEC. 29..-Sailed this morning the homeward bound for tl.e Ri,er, also her Majesty's ship Russell, to Sheerness ; put back, the Achilles, No de, for Sydney, and remains. Dec. 30th.—Wind S.W., squally, with rain and thick vvcatt.er.— Arri , ed and proceeded for the riser, Virginia, Boyd!, Palermo; Jane, Watson, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Glenelg, China, and remains. Came d o w n f rom t h e r i ver t h e Eden, Hurst, for Tobago; Binney, Hopkins, Boston; Rattlesnake, Malta; Tagus, St. Vincent's, and remain in the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, Dan. 29.....,Wi0d S. W. D..c. 30.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Toronto, Gris,wold, from New York, and sailed for London; Aide-de.Camp, lanes, London, with loss of main-yard; London, Turner, and Eleanor, Turner, ditto; New Friendship, Lath, Cork; Sarah Ann, O'Neile, Waterford ' • Hunter, Henry, Y..rrriouth. DOVER, DEC. 29.—Arrivel the Leopold, Herben, Lisbon. 011 port, the Dirk, Sowing, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Briti6ll Lady, - Yew, Ptince Edward's Island. Sailed the George, Walker, St. John's, New Brunswick. CHATtiAm, DEc. 29.—Arrived the Concord, Cobb, Dantz . c. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 29. —As rived the Emily, Weill, Youghal. COWES, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Diamond, Bissett, Batavia, with loss of bulwarks, &c. SWANSEA, DEE. 26.--:Arrived the Tom Pringle, Rustoz, St. Jage de Cuba ; Flora, Shebeck, Chili. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29. —Wind variable, with light airs. 30. —Fresh breezes from S. W. to S.S. W.—Arrived the Volunteer, M•Ninn, from Canton ; Marquis of Ely, Doyle, Wroxford ; Perseverance, Bailey, Westport ; Hulbah, King, Wrexford ; Leander, Tuck, Dublin ; Johanna, Dundalk Charlotte, ditto ; Britannia, M'Cabe. Wicklow ; Deva Roberts, Youghall ; Emily, Waterser, Durmea ; James an Mary, Mturay, Clonakilty ; Black Swan, Hunt, Wexford ; George, Ross, Glasgow; Benjamin Alexander, Anderson, ditto ; and Freedom, Murdock, Island of We. Sailed the Huddersfield, Owens, for Africa ; Stanley, James, ditto ; and, Mary Bibby, Metcalf, Trieste. MARGATE, DEC. 30.—The Neptune, Block, for Ostend, put in bee leaky, having been on the Goodwin Sand=. RAMSGATE, DEC. 30. —The Dryden, Hall, from Newcastle for Messina, leaky, and with loss of rudder, anchor, and chain, having been on shore near Beachy Head, and got off with assistance, and proceeded. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.-- Wind S. W.—Arrived the Brct . ers, Dais, from Odessa ; tier Majesty's ship Malabar, Bermuda ; Mary Ann, Walters, Messina; New, Ford, Salcombe. Sailed the Leeds (steamer) for Havre. FALMOUTH, DEC. 29. Arrived the Africa. Baxter, from Malta ; Maria, Edmonds, London ; Walburton, Gilbert, Dub lin; Cordelia, Pascoe, Waterford. Sailed th e Willi am an d [hairy, Somervill e , Waterford ; Jessie, Henry, London. The buu on the Manaile Rocks has broke trfaid. DARTMOUTH, DEC 29.—Arrived the Centurion, Wood and John, Kendrick, from London ; Alletta, Amsterdam. TUIGNMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Nancy, Poland, from Newfoundland, with part of cargo thrown overboard. DOVER, DEC. 28.—The Verier, from Cologne, for New York, vary leaky, with loss of anchor and chain, having been on shore, and must discharge, arrived here, SHEERNESS, DEC. 29.—Two brigs are on shore, one on the Mapline, the other on the Nore Spit, but are expected to he got off with the tide. PENZANCE, DEG. 29. Arrived here the Amy, Crowell, from London, for St. John's, New Brunswick, very leaky, and disabled, having encountered very severe weather ; Zephyr, Love, Swansea, leaky, cut 11 days. GUERNSEY, DEC. 27.—Arrived 6e.e the Marquis of Hast ings, Simpson, from Singapore, with chain, cables, and guns thrown overboard. The Groswick, of Waste, with los►. of foremast, off Lisbon, was spoken by the Quebec packet, arrived at Falmouth. The Levant packet, from St. Andrew's, after being on Foreness Rock, has got off without assistance. The Peri, lase Vivian, from Tarragossa for Liverpool, has ptit in, with the maser and one man washed overboard, viitb loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. TLe Ivanhoe, Gibson, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro, which put into Plymouth, 27th inst., is discharging her cargo, part of which is in a damaged condition. NAVAL PROMOTION.--Mr, Bathurst ( to the gallant Captai n B a th urst w h o fell at Navarin) son , h- ceived his appoi n t men t as Lieutenant R.N. This is the officer mentioned by us some months since as having been so strongly n.ccmmended for p romot i on by Sir Edward Codrington on ac coun t of his father's services. It is said, and we believe with truth, that marry more accidents occur on railways than bee-me known to the public ; and that the greatest pains to observe secrecy are taken at head-quarters. It would be well if d directors, es well as state-eoach owners, were compelled to publish their disasters,—Morning Herald. BRIG TON.-SUNDAY. The Palace 'chapel was opened for Divine worship thi morning. In the Royal pew with h er M a j esty were tir. Duchess of Kent and the Princess Augusta. The Countess-. of Citarlemont was the lady in waiting, and the Marquis of•' Headfort, lord in waiting. There were also present the- Marchiont‘ss of Normanby, Miss Wynyard (in attendance upon the Princess Augusta), Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Hon. Mrs. G. Campbell, Hon. Miss Paget. Colonel Buckley, Sir Wm. Lumley, floe. C. A. Murray, Viscount Torrington, and Hon. Major ICeppel. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, who preached on a text from the Acts, c. xxvii.,. v. 29. The choir performed Boyce's service in C, end sang an anthem from the 1130th Palm, Mtle. Ostergaard taking the treble solos in a very superior manner. The continuance of rain confined her Majesty and the Royal. Family within doors. The Royal dinner party this evening, exclusive of her Ma jesty, the Duchess of Kent, and the Roy al suite, will et.mprise the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Viscount Mel bourne, Hon. G. Byng. and the Hon. Miss Pitt. None of the Royal Family left the Palace yesterday, awing to the wit r,eather, but after luncheon her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Charlemont and Miss Paget, drove to the riding-school, where the Queen took exercise on horseback.: Viscount Torrington, the Marquis of Headfort, Hon. C. A.. Murray, Colonel Buckley, and Hon. Major Keppell also ac companied her Majesty. The Princess Augusta was yesterday indisposed with a slight cold, but it did not prevent her Royal Highness from joining the Royal dinner party.. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby arrived last tight at the Palace on a visit to her Majesty. Her. Majesty's dinner pay yesterday evening, in addition to the Duchess of Kent and the Royal suite, comprised the incess Augusta, Miss Wynyard, - Earl and Countess of Chichester, Baron Bulow, Marquis and Marchioness of Nor manby, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Torrington, Hon. P. S. Byng, and the Hon. Major Koppel. The Gloucester Hotel, to long in high repute here, is in consequence of the death of the proprietor, about to change bands, through the instrumentality of Mr. George Rtibitis. COURT CIRCULAR. Their .Royal Highneses, the Duchess of Gloucester, the. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, att en d e d di v i ne serv i ce yester d ay in Grosvenor Chapel. The Duchess of Gloucester was attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, and Miss Kerr was in waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge. Colonel O'Reilly had an interview with Lord Gimelg on Saturday at the Colonial-cffiee. Count Polion ' the Sardinian Ministe r , t rarsacte d b us i ness on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening for the Governor of the settlement at the River Gambia, and for Sir A. Woodford, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Bahamas, Prince Edward's Wand, and Bcrmud3. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. E. H. Green, Esq., at St. James's-place, from Sherbourn Castle, the seat of Lord Digby; Lord-and Lady Maryborough, in Saville-row, from their seat, Deal Castle, Kent ; Lord Sandfs, in Curzon-street, from a visit to the Marq u i s and Marchioness of Salisbury, at their seat, Hatfield House, Herts ; the Countess 'of Clarendon, in North Audley-street, from Deal. DEPARTURES. Count Ziehy, from Bond-street, for Brighton ; Lord and Lady Ernest Br uce , f rom Curzon-street, on a visit to Mr. Hope, at his seat, Deep<lene, near Dorking, Surrey; Lord Brougham, from Grafton street, on a visit to Dr. Le Blanc, at Cambridge; the Earl and Countess of Harrington, from Whitehall-gardens, for their seat, Elvaston House, Derby shire; Lord and Lady Cranmore, for Brighton ; the Duke of Norfolk, from St. James's-square, for his seat, Arundel, SUFSCX S:r John and Lady Shelley, from Belgrave-square, on a vit-it to the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. In the event of the elevatio4l of the Chief Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy to be the new Judge of the Com mon Pleas, a sinecure place of 8001., held by Mr. Sergeant Lawes, will be got rid of. Mr. B4sil Montague will suc ceed as Chief ; and Mr. Sergeant Lawes is to hive Lis choice of succeeding to be Accountant of the Bankruptcy Court, or to let Mr. Gregg do so, and he to take Mr. Gregg's work. EARLY INTELLIGENCE.—We find the following in the Morning Herald of this morning : MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFIL—This morning was married, by special licence, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of London, the Hon. Ran dal E. Plunkett, of Dunsany Castle, late M.P. for Drogheda, and eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Dunsany, Lord-Lieu tenant of the county o f M eat h , to Eliz , ,beth Evelyn, only daughter and sole heire;s of. Lyndon Evelyn, E , q., of Keyn sham Court, Herefordshire, and York-terrace, Regent's-park. [We wish our contemporary had stated at what hour this morning the marriage here announced took place. The publication of the Herald, we believe, commenced so early as six o'clock, A.M. We did not think that the Lord Bishop at London was so early a riser.] Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Capua have taken possession of their splendid mansion in Beigrave-square, and are already manifesting their benevo lent qualities, by contributing to the charities in the neigh bourhood. The Princess has sent a fiber I donation to the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution, and has com manded that her name shall be placed as a Vice Patroness to the charity. Their Excellencies the Hanoverian and Turkish Ambassadors have also become contributors to the Funds or that Institution. SMUGGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A slaughtered pig, which bad just been landed at Hare's Wha►f, Wap ping, from the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Com pany's steam-ship Perth, Captain Spints, which arrived on Friday forenoon from Dundee, was seized by the Ordeers of Excise, in consequence of a bladder—not its own—having been discovered in its inside, containing about two gallons of prime Highland whiskey, on which English duty had not been paid. The mail from this town to London was robbed of a banker's box, containing notes and bills amounting to nearly 2,0001., with which the thieves have as yet esc Iped undetected. The box which contained the notes was sent from the office of the Newport Branch of " the Commercial Bank of England," by the mail -cart from Newport to Shiffnal, and was there safely lodged in the coach-office. On the arrival of the Holyhead mail from Shrewsbury at Shiffual, the coachman's attention was directed to the box by Mr. Morris, landlord of the Jerning ham Arms, who told him it was a banker's parcel, and re quired his utmost care, lie promised attention, and the box was placed under his feet, a passenger occupy ing the box seat. On the coach arriving at Birmingham the parcel was mired; and the coachman declaring his ignorance of its fate, and stating that it must have fallen off on the jour ney, he was immediately taken into custody, and committed - for examination, together with two other persons. On Monday they were examined before the Magistrates of Birmingham, when all but the coachman were discharged, and be was remanded for further examination yesterday. The Bank have offered a considerable reword on conviction of the thieves ; and the numbers of the notes, with the dates and places of their issue, are all ascertained and published and payment stopped. On the examination yesterday, the coachman was committed for trial at the next Warwick Assizes.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE IRON TRADE IN SOUTH WALES.--ThiS impartaia trade is in a very flourishing and satisfactory state. During the whole of the year the price of common bars at the ports in South Wales has remained steadily fixed at 91. per ton ; and although from the activity and buoyancy of the market, an advance has frequently appeared inevitable, no alteration has taken place. The demand at present is very great, both for home and foreign consumption. The Observer of yesterday contained five folio columns of the late particulars of the arrest, examination, memoirs, &c., of the Rev. Joseph Rayner Stephens, which were received by express from Manchester late on Satur day night at the Observer -office The extensive publication of the Observer commences at five o'clock on Sunday morn ings, at 170, Strand. The Observer has recently been enlarged to 24 folio columns, the price continuing at sd. A Monday afternoon edition of the Observer is regularly published, which is best adapted for country and foreign circulation. On Friday night last an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital on the body of William Perry, aged twenty-seven, who, while in the act of going along the roof to visit his sweetheart, at a house four doors from his master's, on Monday night last, fell a distance of seventy feet, and was so injured as to expire on the following day, Verdict—" Accidental death." RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS.--The tradesi and other inhabitants of Cullompton have held meetings': the purpose of considering the best means to be adoptea a cheaper, more speedy, and more efficient mode for the ,recovery of small debts not exceeding 101. ; and at their meeting on Friday last, it was resolved that a petition be forthwith prepared ror nature to the next Session of Par liament, for a General Act for so desirable an object.— Western Times. During boxing-day and Thursday the following number of cases of accident (some of them of a serious na ture) was brought into the different hospitals of the metro polis, viz :—ChariNpeross Hospital, 11 ; St. George's Hospital, 9 ; Middlesex Hospital, 8 ; University College Hospital ' 3; St. Bartholome w ' s H osp it a l, 6 ; L on d on Hos pital, 9 ; Guy's Hospital 14 ; St. Thomas's Hospital, 7-67. Of this number 58 of the cases arose from drunkenness, and to some a fatal result is expected.